Saint Kabir Doha with English Meaning

TranslationGod, give me so, so much wealth, that my community is fedI don't remain hungry, the Sadhu does not go hungry

Meaning

Kabir asks God for wealth, abundance. He asks that his community is fed, he does not starve and the visiting Sadhu (holy man) does not go hungry. He does not ask for a mansion, a mercedes or millions in a swiss bank account!________________________________________Bada Hua To Kya Hua, Jaise Ped KhajoorPanthi Ko Chaya Nahin, Phal Laage Atidoor

TranslationIf You are Big so what? Just like a date treeNo shade for travelers, fruit is hard to reach

Meaning

Being bid, important, poweful, wealthy is of no consequnce - Kabir likens this to a date tree that does not give shade to the traveller and its fruit is out reach.____________________________________Jaise Til Mein Tel Hai, Jyon Chakmak Mein AagTera Sayeen Tujh Mein Hai, Tu Jaag Sake To Jaag

Translation

Like the Oil is inside the Seed, Just as the Fire is Inside the Flint Stone

Your God is Inside You, If you have the Power to Wake Up, then Wake Up

MeaningGod is within, like the oil in the seed - wake up if you have the power to.____________________________________Mangan Maran Saman Hai, Mat Koi Mange BeekhMangan Se Marna Bhala, Yeh Satguru Ki Seekh

TranslationBegging is like dying, Let no one BegIt is better to die than beg, this is the SatGuru's Message

Neither Maya Died, Nor the Mind Died, Die and die again People/BodiesHope and delusion have not died, so said Das Kabir and left

Meaning

One of Kabir most meaningful doha's for me. Kabir observes the world from within, and sees the world as Maya - illusion. It is projected by Mun, the mind, the collective mind. Shareer refers to the living body or living person. Shareer's die and die again.

There is hope that this will end, that the Shareer will wake up and then Maya and Mun will die._________________________________Kabira Khara Bazaar Mein, Mange Sabki KhairNa Kahu Se Dosti, Na Kahu Se Bair

TranslationKabira Stands in the market place, Asks for everyones prosperityNeither special friendship nor enmity for anyone

Reading Books and Scriptures everyone died, No one became PanditTwo and Half Words of Love, Who ever reads, Pandit he becomes

Meaning

Forget about book learning, no mater how many books you read, you won't become wise, you won't became the Pundit. A few words of love and you'll become Pundit. Try it.________________________________Dukh Mein Simran Sab Kare, Sukh Mein Kare Na KoyeJo Sukh Mein Simran Kare, Tau Dukh Kahe Ko Hoye

TranslationWhile Suffering everyone Prays and Remembers Him, in joy no one doesIf one prays and remembers Him in happiness, why would sorrow come?

MeaningThe suffering you experience in the world is designed to wake you up. You wake up when you realize God. If you did that during your happy times, then you will not experience suffering.___________________________________________Gur Dhobi Sikh Kapda, Saboo Sirjan HarSurti Sila Pur Dhoiye, Nikse Jyoti Apaar

TranslationGuru is the wash man, Sikh is the cloth , God the soapWash the mind thoroughly clean, Out Comes The Glow of Truth

TranslationAlive one sees, alive one knows, find your liberation while aliveIf Alive you do not cut the noose of your attachments , how will there be liberation with death?

Meaning

You need to wake up while you are alive, it is your only chance. You need to drop the ties of attachments to illusory things that bind you in illusion. This can only be done while alive, death is not a liberator.